The Day Ends at Hurricane Point

Last week we've experienced big fires in Santa Cruz Mountains. While I feel sorry for people who had to evacuate out of their homes, or people whose property burned down, I was at the same time glad, since as a result of these fires, the atmosphere in the Bay area got contaminated enough to produce spectacular sunrises/sunsets. Outside of always-overcast Moscow, San Jose has the most unspectacular sunrises/sunsets I have seen. You have to wait for weeks sometimes for some clouds and red color to appear.

And I was right. During the past week, every sunrise and sunset was spectacular. Plenty of clouds, plenty of rich saturated red colors and drama - exactly what landscape photographer is looking for on the edges of the day and night. With that in mind, I took off to Big Sur Coast last Saturday, where I was lucky to witness this drama. Finding a good point to capture some coast and burning skies can be tricky in that area of ever-winding roads, but I decided to settle and shoot a few frames at Hurricane Point, where I captured this image. What you are seeing there is a famous Bixby Bridge in the distance, and from this point, I am looking North.

So there are still plenty advantages of living in Northern California - and one of the main ones is that I live just an hour away from perhaps the greatest stretch of Pacific coast you'll ever find.

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